Let me introduce you to William J. Kolomyjec (b. 1947), aka Dr. Bill. He's been pioneering computer art since the early 1970s, while studying at MSU. He began creating art using an IBM 1800 DACS mainframe computer. Below is Bulges&Dents with Epicycloids, Circles and Color #2. Part of his first Bitcoin Ordinals collection of historical computer artworks from 1970-1980.

Long before Pepe was a thing, William J. Kolomyjec (b. 1947) got inspired by his friend Charles Csuri and came up with the idea of Frog Pong. Coded in FORTRAN on a CDC 6500 mainframe (super) computer and plotted out a Calcomp 936 drum plotter at Michigan State University during the artist's MFA/PhD studies. 🐸🐸🐸

I can't believe Simon Nixon couldn't care to get on NOSTR.

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and more are the enemies. The reason is simple: you will never know when, or most importantly what, surveillance software they may install on your personal devices or the apps you use daily. Take iOS 26.4, the first update to introduce the Age Verification in compliance with the Digital Service Act and forthcoming legal frameworks in your country. By the time you realized, it was too late. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger (laughable), and perhaps even Telegram and Viber cannot be trusted. WeChat and Line, no comment. Signal, the gold standard, may not be enough but it is something even your parents could at least begin to use and is better than nothing. Privacy is an absolute human right, as fundamental as the freedom to transact.

The hard truth is that the majority of digital art on the blockchain won’t stand the test of time. Smart contracts will be hacked one by one, metadata will be lost, and 'alternative blockchains' will wind down their operations. As an art enthusiast, it pains me to say it, but Bitcoin is the only one that will actually endure and even that won’t be enough to preserve the culture of digital artifacts.